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A bispecific antibody targeting sclerostin and DKK-1 promotes bone mass accrual and fracture repair

Authors :
Monica Florio
Kannan Gunasekaran
Marina Stolina
Xiaodong Li
Ling Liu
Barbara Tipton
Hossein Salimi-Moosavi
Franklin J. Asuncion
Chaoyang Li
Banghua Sun
Hong Lin Tan
Li Zhang
Chun-Ya Han
Ryan Case
Amy N. Duguay
Mario Grisanti
Jennitte Stevens
James K. Pretorius
Efrain Pacheco
Heidi Jones
Qing Chen
Brian D. Soriano
Jie Wen
Brenda Heron
Frederick W. Jacobsen
Emil Brisan
William G. Richards
Hua Zhu Ke
Michael S. Ominsky
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2016.

Abstract

Antibodies that block the Wnt inhibitors sclerostin and DKK- 1 enhance bone formation and fracture repair. Here the authors show these monospecific antibodies induce compensatory mechanisms that limit efficacy, and have designed a sclerostin/DKK-1 bispecific antibody that promotes superior fracture repair in rodents and bone formation in primates.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
7
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5b80b8c1d296447f878d119b9b8140cb
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11505